Browsing Scientific publications by Author "Ruud, Audun"
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Decision making for sustainable natural resource management under political constraints – the case of revising hydropower licenses in Norwegian watercourses
Köhler, Berit; Ruud, Audun; Aas, Øystein; Barton, David Nicholas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Norway is the largest hydropower producer in Europe and provides currently 96% of domestic electricity supplies. Hydropower is a renewable and climate friendly source of energy, but causes an impairment on local environmental ... -
How are environmental measures realized in European hydropower?
Köhler, Berit; Ruud, Audun (Hydrocen rapport;, Research report, 2019)This report explores how environmental measures are realized in European hydropower production, how they are financed, and how trade‐offs between hydropower production, environmental restoration and value creation are ... -
Hva kan vi lære fra gjennomførte vilkårsrevisjoner av vannkraftkonsesjoner i Norge? En dokumentanalyse av resultater, prosess og kunnskapsgrunnlag
Kohler, Berit; Aas, Øystein; Ruud, Audun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The terms of more than 400 licenses for the production of hydropower in Norwegian watercourses can come up for revision by 2022. These revisions of terms open up for a weighting of the societal benefit of hydropower ... -
Local opposition against high-voltage grids: public responses to agency-caused science policy trolls
Aas, Øystein; Qvenild, Marte; Wold, Line Camilla; Jacobsen, Gerd Blindheim; Ruud, Audun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)High-voltage (hV) transmission grids are projects of societal importance that potentially have controversial social and environmental impacts. Former research shows that public opposition is sparked by the perception of ... -
Public beliefs about high-voltage powerlines in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom: A comparative survey
Aas, Øystein; Devine-Wright, Patrick; Tangeland, Torvald; Batel, Susana; Ruud, Audun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)As countries worldwide, and particularly in Europe, move to increase deployment of low carbon energy sources, significant investments in new transmission networks are planned. However, past cases of public opposition – ... -
Villrein og vannkraft: Kan regionale planprosesser gjøre en forskjell?
Ruud, Audun; Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Wild Reindeer and hydropower: Can regional planning processes make a difference? -
Whose Hydropower? From Conflictual Management into an Era of Reconciling Environmental Concerns; A Retake of Hydropower Governance towards Win-Win Solutions?
Lindström, Andreas; Ruud, Audun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Hydropower has been core in the nation-building process of several countries. This includes Sweden in which it currently supplies around 50% of the electricity and particularly Norway where almost all electricity is generated ...